Neumünster - DEF04

EU regions: Germany > SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN > Schleswig-Holstein > Neumünster

indicator	period	value
GDP per capita in PPS of EU average	2019	131
number of inhabitants	2021	79 905
population density	2019	1140.6
old-age dependency ratio	2021	35.8

* more on wikidata Q3879 * on OpenStreetMap * Neumünster slovensky: DEF04

Composition of population according to age group, education and economic activity, Neumünster

age group	low education	middle education	high education

note: in thousands, according to labour force sample survey. P – total population, E – employed, U – unemployed, I – number of ecnomically inactive

From wikipedia:

Neumünster (German pronunciation: [nɔʏˈmʏnstɐ]) is an urban municipality in the middle of Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. With more than 79,000 registered inhabitants, it is the fourth-largest municipality in Schleswig-Holstein (behind Kiel, Lübeck and Flensburg).

History

The first historic record of the precursor village „Wippendorf" dates from 1127.

Current situation

Neumünster station is a major railway junction with lines running in six (formerly seven) directions, including the important Hamburg-Altona–Kiel and Neumünster–Flensburg lines.

Near Neumünster at Ehndorf, there is a high-power medium wave transmission facility for transmitting the program of Deutschlandfunk, the Ehndorf transmitter, which is often named incorrectly as „Neumünster transmitter".

Geography

Neumünster is located at river Schwale, near the geographical center of Schleswig-Holstein, 35 kilometres (22 mi) south of Kiel, 65 kilometres (40 mi) north of Hamburg and 72 kilometres (45 mi) west of Lübeck. The Aukrug Nature Park is close to the town.

Mayors and Lord mayors

In 1870 Neumünster received the town privileges.

other: Schleswig-Holstein, Neumünster, Stormarn, Herzogtum Lauenburg, Dithmarschen, Plön District, Nordfriesland district, Flensburg, Lübeck, Ostholstein, Pinneberg, Segeberg, Kiel, Mittelangeln, Rendsburg, Steinburg

neighbours: Plön District, Segeberg, Rendsburg

Suggested citation: Michal Páleník: EU regions - Neumünster - DEF04, IZ Bratislava, retrieved from: https://www.iz.sk/en/projects/eu-regions/DEF04

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